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Surgical Grand Rounds - Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit
Title to be announced
Peter’s surgical career has been centred on surgical oncology, initially in breast cancer and latterly in gastro-oesophageal cancer. He graduated from Aberdeen University and trained in surgery and did his doctoral research in Glasgow before becoming a Senior lecturer at Liverpool University. He moved to Oxford in 2004 and was appointed Professor of Surgical Science & Practice in 2013. He is an NIHR Senior Investigator and runs two research groups within NDS. His Quality, Reliability, Safety and Teamwork Unit (QRSTU) evaluates methods for improving the quality and safety of surgical interventions, and is currently running a 24 hospital randomised trial (RESPOND) of a Human Factors intervention to improve rescue efforts for patients with serious postoperative complications. Peter founded the IDEAL Collaboration in 2009 to promote the use of better methodology in the scientific evaluation of surgery and other complex healthcare interventions. The group has developed recommendations for an integrated evaluation pathway for surgical studies throughout the life cycle of an operation, and more recently has applied the same principles to guidance for the evaluation of therapeutic devices and of AI in healthcare. They published their paper on evaluation of surgical robots in Nature Medicine in January this year.
The Chief Medical Officer has confirmed that attendance at the Surgical Grand Rounds can count toward internal CPD, with 1 point awarded per hour. Please note that in-person attendance is required, and you will need to sign the attendance register.
Chair: To be announced
All members of the University and NHS clinical staff are welcome.
Please email Tarryn Ching if you would like to attend online.
Date:
7 November 2025, 8:00
Venue:
Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details:
Richard Doll Lecture Theatre, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Oxford, OX3 7LF, and online via Microsoft Teams
Speaker:
Professor Peter McCullough (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Organiser:
Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Organiser contact email address:
tarryn.ching@nds.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Surgical Grand Rounds
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Louise King,
Ben Alexander
